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i was in afghanistan meeting with a group getting ready to go out to do with ied's. i was in a small room with those and they were putting on armoring getting night vision goggles ready. a locker room, everybody was getting fired up. i turned to a fellow from missouri saying, what scares you? , what scares me is not having a job when i get home. that scares me. we have all heard stormy's -- stories like that. always trying to do a lot of things. missouri now has over 4000 employers in our program, including some employers we are from today and it is important to note those 4000 employers have already hired more than 6400 veterans in hours eight. we recognize to those employers with a flag of freedom award. it is simple. -- we tremendously the veterans. all of us have a lot to do and that statesmen come it is not a all program. -- it is not a one-size-fits-all program. the unemployment rate has dropped significantly from its peak. we still have too many unemployed. trendlines are going in the right direction. they clearly are. that is why we wanted to have the session
i was in afghanistan meeting with a group getting ready to go out to do with ied's. i was in a small room with those and they were putting on armoring getting night vision goggles ready. a locker room, everybody was getting fired up. i turned to a fellow from missouri saying, what scares you? , what scares me is not having a job when i get home. that scares me. we have all heard stormy's -- stories like that. always trying to do a lot of things. missouri now has over 4000 employers in our...
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host: we will have more with shane harris on the situation in afghanistan. also the latest calming raids by hamas and israel and the israeli army indicating it is prepared to send boots on the ground as early as today or tomorrow. let's been with another headline this morning from the mes," theon ti president unloading on house republicans and they plan to sue him for executive overreach, calling the move a political stunt and waste of time and money. his weekly address, the president tried to paint republicans as detached from reality, attending to pick americans from gop leaders such as detour john boehner. the speaker unveiled his plans to file that lawsuit against the president. here is speaker boehner on wednesday. [video clip] wife let me make this clear -- this is not about me suing the president. it is not about republicans versus democrats. this is about the legislative that is being disadvantaged by the executive branch. not about executive actions. every president does executive orders. most of them, though, do them within the law. what we are tal
host: we will have more with shane harris on the situation in afghanistan. also the latest calming raids by hamas and israel and the israeli army indicating it is prepared to send boots on the ground as early as today or tomorrow. let's been with another headline this morning from the mes," theon ti president unloading on house republicans and they plan to sue him for executive overreach, calling the move a political stunt and waste of time and money. his weekly address, the president...
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they are already going -- iraq and afghanistan. they are already going through that training. , a newers responsibility, commanders have to ensure that they meet career readiness. , they get one hand over to the d.ol.l. terrific resource for everyone. they make it connected -- make it connected to veterans affairs. it is very much a dovetailed curriculum. i wanted to offer that to you so we are not said in this thinking , short term, last 30, 90 days we will be looking at more deliberate planning so you can also be knowing that service members are going to be looking at your state much earlier. >> clearly, a lot of work has been done on this, and we are at a point where all of us are going to be in service in one form or another when we break through the barrier. one of the key parts of that is we have twortners. with us, iowa and missouri. also with you, debbie. and getze partnerships the connections between employers and organizations and the families themselves. >> absolutely. tell you how we are implementing just what you said
they are already going -- iraq and afghanistan. they are already going through that training. , a newers responsibility, commanders have to ensure that they meet career readiness. , they get one hand over to the d.ol.l. terrific resource for everyone. they make it connected -- make it connected to veterans affairs. it is very much a dovetailed curriculum. i wanted to offer that to you so we are not said in this thinking , short term, last 30, 90 days we will be looking at more deliberate...
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why should i feel like i should kill people in iraq and afghanistan because of something that happened here and not thinking about what we've been doing forever, you know, to iran, for instance, and to iraq and these other places. i want to say that they once asked me to read for salman rushdie, they said they wanted me to -- i like him, he's a nice guy, but they said we want you to read for him. i said, okay, but listen, first, i need to make a five minute statement apologizing to the country of iran for what we have done to them for so many years. [applause] and they said, you can't do that. and i said, why not? you know, because it's a white organization, they think they're not, but they are. even -- well, anyway. i said, i said why not? they said, because we're a writers' organization. we don't represent all those people who got tortured in those basements. we represent writers. and i said, okay, fuck you, i ain't gonna read. [laughter] but, you know, we have all these feelings, you know? andst the really -- and it's really important to question our love and our being loved and how
why should i feel like i should kill people in iraq and afghanistan because of something that happened here and not thinking about what we've been doing forever, you know, to iran, for instance, and to iraq and these other places. i want to say that they once asked me to read for salman rushdie, they said they wanted me to -- i like him, he's a nice guy, but they said we want you to read for him. i said, okay, but listen, first, i need to make a five minute statement apologizing to the country...
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well, in afghanistan they did something remarkable. they won! they beat one of the two superpowers in the world. how did they do it? they did it by with putting away their nationalistic ambitions and focusing as a global force. it didn't matter if you were syrian fighting for syria or egyptian fighting for egyptian. these were syrians and egyptians fighting side by side for afghanistan not against their own governments, but against a far enemy, and it worked. and that's where al-qaeda was born, by that victory. the idea that if you set aside your nationalistic concerns, if you come together as a global force and have a transnational or global agenda, then you can succeed. that was born in the battlefields of afghanistan thanks to american foreign policy. so all of those things are correct. that said, let's not bog ourselves down in kind of moral equivalency arguments. there is no moral equivalency between a group like isis which is slaughtering men, women and children, crucifying people, cutting off heads, really taking part in what can only be
well, in afghanistan they did something remarkable. they won! they beat one of the two superpowers in the world. how did they do it? they did it by with putting away their nationalistic ambitions and focusing as a global force. it didn't matter if you were syrian fighting for syria or egyptian fighting for egyptian. these were syrians and egyptians fighting side by side for afghanistan not against their own governments, but against a far enemy, and it worked. and that's where al-qaeda was born,...
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we are still in afghanistan. so 1100 captains receiving word they are going to be released within the next nine months. that's just going to put a further borderren on the remaining population. >> some of them received that word again while they were in afghanistan. >> yes. that's, you know, imagine having that phone call calling your spouse at home. you were removed from it and you are in afghanistan or calling your family. afghanistan. what next. tough. home. $tuu some of the company commanders. commanders that have hundreds of soldiers underneath there, they are responsible for. and they get this notice. still in a leadership position. addressing their needs on a daily basis while they will have a pink slip obviously reduce the size of the armed services. everyone knows that and everyone agrees probably ought to. why not the upper echelon guys. captains deployed in a war zone wouldn't be the last ones released. >> the captain populations that's a junior officer rank. and for the last 14 years, those conflicts
we are still in afghanistan. so 1100 captains receiving word they are going to be released within the next nine months. that's just going to put a further borderren on the remaining population. >> some of them received that word again while they were in afghanistan. >> yes. that's, you know, imagine having that phone call calling your spouse at home. you were removed from it and you are in afghanistan or calling your family. afghanistan. what next. tough. home. $tuu some of the...
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. >> reporter: from the controversy surrounding his capture, disappearing from his afghanistan post in 2009, to the circumstances of his release in exchange for five taliban militants from guantanamo bay. bergdahl has been receiving some training on dealing with the media but he won't have an escort when he's on leave or off duty. at that point, he's on his own. >> the way he is welcomed back will be a critical factor in how he does not just short-term but long-term. >> reporter: and one question that all of us have been wondering is whether bowe bergdahl has spoken or perhaps seen his family. the pentagon has not given us any updates on that. last month they said he had not. i asked the former army psychiatrist if that would be unusual. she said that is unusual but there's a lot unusual about his case. savannah. >> that's for sure. peter alexander, thank you so much. >>> all right. now to a dustup between the united states and germany over spying after german officials asked a top u.s. intelligence officer in berlin to leave the country. chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitc
. >> reporter: from the controversy surrounding his capture, disappearing from his afghanistan post in 2009, to the circumstances of his release in exchange for five taliban militants from guantanamo bay. bergdahl has been receiving some training on dealing with the media but he won't have an escort when he's on leave or off duty. at that point, he's on his own. >> the way he is welcomed back will be a critical factor in how he does not just short-term but long-term. >>...
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he was one of the first 17 that landed in afghanistan. president clinton gave me , but your guest is so right -- they want you to be there. they want you to get in prison. man, they getng caught, they get in the system, and there is no way out. bob. let's get a response, let's hear from bernard kerik. guest: peter, here is the thing -- two issues. one, it is an $80 billion a year industry, so there are a lot of lobbyists out there. oute is a lot of industry there that wants as many people in prison as physically possible , but i agree with your caller on this one point. that is these young men and ,omen that come into the system you are creating, in my opinion -- you are creating an enormous amount of recidivism where they will come back into prison and here is why. you take those young men that i was talking about earlier -- 19 aars old, gets arrested for conspiracy, five grams of cocaine, you sentence him, 10 years of prison. he does 8.5. , heng that 8.5-year period gets no life improvement skills. he is physically in a prison. foron is
he was one of the first 17 that landed in afghanistan. president clinton gave me , but your guest is so right -- they want you to be there. they want you to get in prison. man, they getng caught, they get in the system, and there is no way out. bob. let's get a response, let's hear from bernard kerik. guest: peter, here is the thing -- two issues. one, it is an $80 billion a year industry, so there are a lot of lobbyists out there. oute is a lot of industry there that wants as many people in...
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>> she asked about iran, afghanistan. and i try not to -- i try not to make a connection between -- excuse me, iraq. thank you very much. that will be on the front page of the something. iraq. >> he was still in the presidential race at that point. he was not yet dropping out. but the day after he talked about war in iran, i mean iraq, front page of something, the day after that, he was asked about president obama's nominees to the supreme court. he decided in that question that he would comment specifically on supreme court justice -- >> when you see his appointment of two -- from my perspective, inarguably -- activist judges, whether it was, uh, um -- >> sonia sotomayor? >> sotomayor. >> darn it. rick perry just did not cut it as a presidential candidate. it was just thing after thing after thing. and when the iowa caucuses happened on january 3rd, he came in fifth just ahead of michele bachmann, just behind newt gingrich and all the other guys. this is from the guy who came into the race not that long before as the pro
>> she asked about iran, afghanistan. and i try not to -- i try not to make a connection between -- excuse me, iraq. thank you very much. that will be on the front page of the something. iraq. >> he was still in the presidential race at that point. he was not yet dropping out. but the day after he talked about war in iran, i mean iraq, front page of something, the day after that, he was asked about president obama's nominees to the supreme court. he decided in that question that he...
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this is the same problem we had in afghanistan. the most dangerous drive, you know, in recent years is when delegations fly in to afghanistan and then you got to ive up that road through masoud circle. they tried to tip my car over there. that rotary there a while back. a bunch of people very upset about something flushing -- down the toilet, something like that. you know, the crowds just went wild. so putting our people out in a remote location is not the safest result for our embassy either. tell me the answer. how do you -- how do you configure this? now, you have to abandon that set design, is that still on the table, when the land is available? >> thank you for the question. let me reply to it quickly. you make a great point. part of the difficulty of the standard embassy design is that it was a largely horizontal solution. so that where land is abundance, where we could be near that property in close proximity to our colleagues to travel back and forth which not only has security but extensive cost implications, it made sense
this is the same problem we had in afghanistan. the most dangerous drive, you know, in recent years is when delegations fly in to afghanistan and then you got to ive up that road through masoud circle. they tried to tip my car over there. that rotary there a while back. a bunch of people very upset about something flushing -- down the toilet, something like that. you know, the crowds just went wild. so putting our people out in a remote location is not the safest result for our embassy either....
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afghanistan is one of our partners for cooperation. we just finished a hearing of the helsinki commission on our mediterranean partners, which include tunisia, algeria, israel, jordan, egypt, and we work with -- and morocco are all partners for cooperation. so the reach of the helsinki is far beyond just europe and central asia. in this parliamentary assembly, we took up issues that involve many of these other matters. and, mr. president, if i might, let me yield to my colleague, senator wicker, for comments he might want to make in regards to the work that we did in baku. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: thank you, mr. president. and i thank my two colleagues from the other side of the aisle for joining with us today in this colloquy. and let me say how proud i was as a -- as a republican senator from mississippi, to stand shoulder to shoulder with my colleague from maryland, ben cardin. i can tell you he has -- there are probably many places in maryland he would rather have been at the beginning of jul
afghanistan is one of our partners for cooperation. we just finished a hearing of the helsinki commission on our mediterranean partners, which include tunisia, algeria, israel, jordan, egypt, and we work with -- and morocco are all partners for cooperation. so the reach of the helsinki is far beyond just europe and central asia. in this parliamentary assembly, we took up issues that involve many of these other matters. and, mr. president, if i might, let me yield to my colleague, senator...
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we will very soon appropriate , $80 er $80 billion billion for ongoing military actions in afghanistan. we make choices here. and it seems to me that we need to understand the import and the importance of the choices we make. now that does not include the c.i.a. and the state department and usaid. those are additional expenses that the military will be using at a time we are primebly pulling out of afghanistan. what would a billion of that $80 billion mean to the aleds i'mer's research program here in the united states. we shouldn't appropriate a billion because you can't ramp up that task. if we spread that over two, three, four years and go from 566 billion to a billion and a half dollars, what could be accomplished? i know in the sacramento valley, university of california, davis, has a very robust and break-through opportunity on brain research. i know in your own area of los angeles, university of california, los angeles, and university of southern california, are together operating major research programs on the mind, on the human brain and how it is harmed, what is it that sets
we will very soon appropriate , $80 er $80 billion billion for ongoing military actions in afghanistan. we make choices here. and it seems to me that we need to understand the import and the importance of the choices we make. now that does not include the c.i.a. and the state department and usaid. those are additional expenses that the military will be using at a time we are primebly pulling out of afghanistan. what would a billion of that $80 billion mean to the aleds i'mer's research program...
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central america, but this is a vulnerability when people can come from pakistan, they can come from afghanistan, they can even come from iran, countries with special interests. countries that are state sponsors of international terrorism. so this is worthy of the president's attention and worthy of a presidential visit. and i hope he will change his mind and do that. i think president obama needs a wakeup call. he needs to realize that the situation along the border is not as rosy as perhaps he is under the impression that it is. and only by visiting the border and visiting firsthand and seeing with his own eyes and listening with his own ears to the professionals working there so hard they are simply overwhemed. will he be able to get a good idea of not only what the problem is but what the solution rs. and then, only then i believe will he be ready and we be ready to sit down together through this request the president sent us and figure out how we can solve the problem. once again, i hope the president will reconsider his decision. since he's going to be in texas anyway for wednesday and thu
central america, but this is a vulnerability when people can come from pakistan, they can come from afghanistan, they can even come from iran, countries with special interests. countries that are state sponsors of international terrorism. so this is worthy of the president's attention and worthy of a presidential visit. and i hope he will change his mind and do that. i think president obama needs a wakeup call. he needs to realize that the situation along the border is not as rosy as perhaps he...
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. >>> eye of the storm, from middle east to afghanistan, u.s. is fighting crises around the globe. secretary kerry halfway a world away for a conference in china. state department spokesperson psaki joins us here. >>> the final four. the world cup semifinal kicks off this afternoon with powerhouse matchup of germany and home team brazil. >>> good
. >>> eye of the storm, from middle east to afghanistan, u.s. is fighting crises around the globe. secretary kerry halfway a world away for a conference in china. state department spokesperson psaki joins us here. >>> the final four. the world cup semifinal kicks off this afternoon with powerhouse matchup of germany and home team brazil. >>> good
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. >>> four nato soldiers are among the 16 people killed in a suicide attack in eastern afghanistan. they were from the czech republic. the taliban say they carried out the attack. local officials say the others killed are 10 civilians and two police officers. >>> the israeli military says it has struck at least 50 sites in the hamas/gaza strip. that violence comes following an duck and murder of three israeli taeupblgs and a palestinian teenager. ayman, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. the israeli military is calling it operation protective edge. they struck homes of what they say are palestinian militants belonging to hamas. palestinian militants have fired 80 rockets into southern israeli. it sent hundreds into shelters in the south to seek protection. they have called up 1500 reserve soldiers and deployed them to the south. in a sign there is perhaps a growing escalation between the two sides. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been quoted as saying to take the gloves off in trying to suppress rocket fire. palestinian medical sources say 30 have been
. >>> four nato soldiers are among the 16 people killed in a suicide attack in eastern afghanistan. they were from the czech republic. the taliban say they carried out the attack. local officials say the others killed are 10 civilians and two police officers. >>> the israeli military says it has struck at least 50 sites in the hamas/gaza strip. that violence comes following an duck and murder of three israeli taeupblgs and a palestinian teenager. ayman, good morning. >>...
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. >>> we start off with breaking news coming from afghanistan. the taliban is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed four nato service-members today. it happened in the province northwest of kabul. several afghan civilians and members of the police force were kirled. they were investigating a recent rocket attack when a nearby motorcycle packed with explosives was detonated. the nationalities was not immediately clear. we'll keep you posted on the story as we turn to news at home. >>> in a few hours president obama will arrive in texas. the front lines of the nation's immigration crisis. he's going for a two-day fundraising trip. at this time the plan has no plans to visit the border. it's where more than 50,000 unaccompanied children many from central america have crossed illegally into the country. republican governor rick perry criticized the swhous declining an invitation to meet president obama at the airport. in a statement he said in part, quote, a quick handshake on the tarmac will not allow for a thoughtful discussion
. >>> we start off with breaking news coming from afghanistan. the taliban is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed four nato service-members today. it happened in the province northwest of kabul. several afghan civilians and members of the police force were kirled. they were investigating a recent rocket attack when a nearby motorcycle packed with explosives was detonated. the nationalities was not immediately clear. we'll keep you posted on the story as we turn to...
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terrorist group rung amok, but an attempt to set up a state, rather like the taliban set up their rule in afghanistan over 20 years ago. we know what happened after that. this is extremely dangerous first of all to iraq, turkey, saudi arabia, jordan and iran, but more importantly comes right home to us here in america. >> how does it come right home to us here in the u.s.? >> well, i think you had other news stories this morning about new transportation regulations to stop al-qaeda militants carrying undetectable bombs on to airplanes, while the islamic state people under baghdadi are sparking a conflagration over attacking shia muslims, their long term-game is to take on the west. they are bitter enemies of everything we stand for. >> if the islamic state advances on baghdad, would that be a game-changer? >> that would be. they have plans to do so. for the moment, they've been stopped. i also think that however reluctant he might be, president obama would use the exhibits both intelligence and air power that he has and they are now well deployed in iraq to attack such a playoff on baghdad for the mo
terrorist group rung amok, but an attempt to set up a state, rather like the taliban set up their rule in afghanistan over 20 years ago. we know what happened after that. this is extremely dangerous first of all to iraq, turkey, saudi arabia, jordan and iran, but more importantly comes right home to us here in america. >> how does it come right home to us here in the u.s.? >> well, i think you had other news stories this morning about new transportation regulations to stop al-qaeda...
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>> so my two deployments with were in afghanistan and kosovo. >> and when was that? >> i served in kosovo in 2006 and 2007, and afghanistan in 2010, 2011 time frame. >> and we have got professor yen 7 wit with us for the next pen minute or so and try to get as many of your calls as we can. eric is waiting in clinton, missouri on the line for republicans, good morning. >> good morning, sir. i have -- what i have to say is the situation as it is happening now in iraq and has happened in countries like libya and syria and some of the other places where the president handled the situation -- i am glad -- our country is suffering now. unemployment people have to survive on food stamps. our money, we are in debt. our money is very limited, we are in debt up to our necks. i will never see the outcome of this. i am 86. i was an officer in the greek army and i served in korea with the greek battalion. there is no solution right now about how to handle this situation in iraq. >> are you saying the best thing to do is to not get more involved? >> well, we should have never left
>> so my two deployments with were in afghanistan and kosovo. >> and when was that? >> i served in kosovo in 2006 and 2007, and afghanistan in 2010, 2011 time frame. >> and we have got professor yen 7 wit with us for the next pen minute or so and try to get as many of your calls as we can. eric is waiting in clinton, missouri on the line for republicans, good morning. >> good morning, sir. i have -- what i have to say is the situation as it is happening now in iraq...
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. >>> and taliban claim they fired rockets at hundreds of oil tankers outside of afghanistan capital kabul. emergency crews rushed to the scene. reports the tankers were transported fuel for nato forces. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing to find those responsible for the kidnapping and killing of a palestinian teenager. this new closed caption pg television footage released by an east jerusalem store shows what the 16-year-old's family says is that moment of abduction. cnn cannot verify the authenticity and israeli police are not comment evingcommenting >>> and jerusalem is seeing some of the most violent clashes in years between police and protesters as a result. >> cnn's ben wedeman was injured covering the clashes. joining us to talk about the escalating tension is the former plo league adviser diana boutu. we planned to have you on at the same time as an israeli spokesman but you said you didn't want to be on with an israeli. why? >> with an israeli government spokesperson who defends the indefensible. what every spokesman has been doing, defending the colle
. >>> and taliban claim they fired rockets at hundreds of oil tankers outside of afghanistan capital kabul. emergency crews rushed to the scene. reports the tankers were transported fuel for nato forces. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing to find those responsible for the kidnapping and killing of a palestinian teenager. this new closed caption pg television footage released by an east jerusalem store shows what the 16-year-old's family says is that moment...
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. >> yeah, and they build these mortgage-free smart homes fit for iraq and afghanistan veterans, right? >> yeah, custom homes. and you know, the best way to get a job and to get your life secure and stable and everything is to have a great home. a lot of our heroes have special needs, in particular when it comes to disabilities, whether it's a new shower or whatever. these homes are incredibly expensive. building homes for heroes, they go out there -- they've only made 17 homes because each home is incredibly expensive, but this is a way to get the veteran and their family into a great environment to help them kind of make that transition, and again, to get their careers going for both the veteran, and of course, for the family as well. that's the first organization i really like. >> for example, a double amputee can wheel in under the stove, so he's not going to be hitting his knees on the cabinets or into the shower. >> they made a great kitchen for a blind veteran because he loved to cook. they made a completely blind-accessible kitchen. anyway. >> next up, hire heroes usa. >> obvio
. >> yeah, and they build these mortgage-free smart homes fit for iraq and afghanistan veterans, right? >> yeah, custom homes. and you know, the best way to get a job and to get your life secure and stable and everything is to have a great home. a lot of our heroes have special needs, in particular when it comes to disabilities, whether it's a new shower or whatever. these homes are incredibly expensive. building homes for heroes, they go out there -- they've only made 17 homes...